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Once again, the matter of a charter change is being floated around at the highest levels of governance - with no less than the Senate uncharacteristically endorsing its own Senate Resolution No. 10 and signed by 12 senators and still counting. "It's all systems go for Charter Change" - so it's said as though it were a sweet inducement in the sense of a Skinnerian schema. [ Read More]
updated on 08/16/2008 01:20 PM [ Add Comments ]
PNS -- AS one of the country's music icons, the APO Hiking Society is incomparable as they've managed to stay together even after 39 years. "It's really quite a record," says Danny Javier proudly. "And it lasted that long because of our deep friendship. [ Read More]
updated on 08/15/2008 10:21 PM [ Add Comments ]
PNS -- THE much-awaited return of international R&B/dance/pop superstar Billy Crawford also marked the formalization of his exclusive booking contract with ALV Talent Circuit. [ Read More]
updated on 08/15/2008 10:20 PM [ Add Comments ]
PNS -- WHEN it comes to films about infidelity, Director Maryo de los Reyes rules, as he has shown in past works like "My Other Woman," "Sinungaling Mong Puso," "Sa Ngalan ng Pag-ibig," "Linlang," and "Laman." Now, he tops all those films with his latest work, "Torotot" (Destierro)," certainly one of the best films of the year. As always, he delivers a cautionary tale about the wages of adultery. Here, he fully explains the meaning of "destierro", the punishment for adulterous crimes. [ Read More]
updated on 08/15/2008 10:18 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- ADMINISTRATION lawmakers are of varied opinion on a renewed proposal to amend the Constitution which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wants to be done through a constituent assembly that could lead to a federal form of government in the hope of resolving the conflict in Mindanao. [ Read More]
updated on 08/14/2008 09:40 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- EVEN court records were "doctored" just to favor the Manila Electric Company. [ Read More]
updated on 08/14/2008 09:37 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- SENATOR Joker Arroyo wondered why powerful nations such as the United States were interested in the signing of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. [ Read More]
updated on 08/14/2008 09:34 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- FRESH troops from other Mindanao regions were rushed to North Cotabato as police and military troops continue clearing operations in some barangays in the province to restore normalcy in areas that have been occupied by Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels. [ Read More]
updated on 08/14/2008 09:32 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday cautioned the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police against pressing charges against one of its commanders for the skirmishes in North Cotabato since last weekend. [ Read More]
updated on 08/14/2008 09:29 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE Commission on Elections yesterday proclaimed Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan as the winning governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The Comelec said Ansaruddin-Abdul Malik Alonto Adiong won as vice governor. [ Read More]
updated on 08/14/2008 09:27 PM [ Add Comments ]
India's First Flame Detector Uses an Array of 256 Infrared Sensors Integrated With CCTV to Pinpoint Fire Source Location Accurately And Allow Visual Verification [ Read More]
updated on 08/13/2008 07:10 PM [ Add Comments ]
It is easily understandable why, most parents, have higher preference for private schools over those of our public schools. This explains the apparent 'mushrooming' of every kind of pre-school, elementary, and high school - as business establishments - that carry the patronizing tag of 'Montessori' in their school's name. [ Read More]
updated on 08/13/2008 07:09 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- With President Macapagal-Arroyo watching in the company of some 80 fellow heads of state, the small Philippine team will march along with 204 other nations in the parade that will highlight what may go down as one of the most entertaining, most expensive opening ceremonies in the history of the Olympic Games. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:54 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- The Philippine economy generated $1.87 billion in tourism receipts from more than 1.6 million international visitor arrivals in the first half of 2008, the Tourism Department reported yesterday. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:52 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- FIRST it was the laborers; then the nurses and caregivers. Now Filipino doctors are making a beeline for Canada, Finland and Bahrain - a few of the countries that have signified their intention to hire Filipino professionals by the thousands. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:51 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- CONGRATULATIONS to the Country's 10 Outstanding Policemen in Service or C.O.P.S. who got P250,000 in cash prize, a trophy and a personal audience with President Macapagal-Arroyo. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:50 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- It's still several days before the judgment day on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, but a buoyant Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, sponsor of the measure, sounded as if she was ready to hoist the victory flag. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:49 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE fraternity and family ties of the feuding Court of Appeals justices have also been dredged up in the high-stakes battle for control of Manila Electric Co. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:44 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE Supreme Court yesterday created a three-member panel composed of retired justices to investigate a bribery scandal at the Court of Appeals involving a corporate dispute over control of Manila Electric Co. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:41 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has vowed it will not secede once its future homeland has been created in Mindanao, allaying fears that it plans to declare an independent Islamic state. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:40 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE government yesterday ordered the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to leave villages it forcibly occupied in North Cotabato. Officials gave the group until 10 a.m. today to move out of five towns or face "full military might." [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:39 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- MUSLIM separatists traded mortar fire with troops in Mindanao just hours after the Supreme Court stopped a land deal between them and the government, the military said yesterday. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:37 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE Supreme Court yesterday stopped the government from signing a land deal with Muslim separatist rebels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, court officials said. [ Read More]
updated on 08/08/2008 08:35 PM [ Add Comments ]
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updated on 08/07/2008 11:20 AM [ Add Comments ]
Children in conflict with the law
Not too many public officials and employees in the different agencies of government are sufficiently enlightened on a law that has been erected some three years ago, or – Republic Act 9344 – also known a ... [ Read More]
updated on 08/06/2008 06:44 PM [ Add Comments ]
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) herein referred to as the "Parties" to this Agreement. [ Read More]
updated on 08/06/2008 08:26 AM [ Add Comments ]
Ilonggos have flocked to a photo exhibit by photojournalists and reporters on the impact of typhoon "Frank" which ravaged Panay Island last June. [ Read More]
updated on 08/05/2008 09:55 PM [ Add Comments ]
Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), announced that it has established a new office in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. [ Read More]
updated on 08/04/2008 11:24 AM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- FOR Robert Aventajado, the country's taekwondo chief, an early collision with the top favorites in the Beijing Olympics would serve the Filipino jins in good stead. [ Read More]
updated on 08/02/2008 10:09 PM [ Add Comments ]
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- HIS performance in the coming Beijing Olympics will play a role in Filipino pool star Miguel Molina's decision to finally quit or not from active competition. [ Read More]
updated on 08/02/2008 10:08 PM [ Add Comments ]
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